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Venezuela: families continue digging through the rubble for relatives

Venezuelans continue working day in and day out in the rubble to recover their relatives' bodies almost 20 days after twin earthquakes devastated the country.

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00:01It has been 20 days since a deadly double earthquake shook Venezuela and destroyed entire city blocks.
00:09And yet, relatives of missing persons trapped under the rubble keep digging.
00:16The localized efforts are also due to insufficient assistance from the government
00:21to help with retrieving the bodies of missing persons.
00:26I can't get my family out. That's all. That's the hardest part.
00:31All I want is my family, my son, my grandson and my daughter-in-law.
00:34That's the only thing I want. It's the only thing I ask of God.
00:38Since what happened has happened, I just want the bodies of my children.
00:41That's the hardest thing I'm facing here.
00:45The earthquakes have killed an estimated 5,000 people
00:49and left more than 17,000 without a roof above their heads.
00:55Many now live in public parks, schools and on sidewalks.
01:00Still, they return to their homes reduced to rubble
01:03to keep searching for the bodies of their relatives.
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